Introduction

Welcome to the realm of heartbreak, angst and fluff! This is my collection of drabbles, oneshots and ficlets about Kurogane, Fai and the pairing KuroFai! This is my ultimate favourite shonen-ai/yaoi pair ever, so I just had to write a tribute to them!

Let the angsty love begin!

Birthdays

Kurogane never could understand why people made such a fuss about celebrating birthdays. To him, a birthday was nothing more than the day you first began your fight for survival in the world…it had nothing to do with giving gifts or being served cake by your friends. He just wanted the day to pass without notice.

Fai never could understand why Kurogane always tried to make out that birthdays were nothing special. To him, a birthday was a sign that no matter what people told you, you were meant to be here, that you had a place in the world…it was a day to prove your existence to the world. He just wanted to be seen.

Kurogane always got what he wanted for his birthday, even if had been against the party from the start. Tomoyo had always known exactly what he would have liked if he had a choice, and that tradition had carried over to the other princess that he now protected…no matter what world they were on, Sakura always managed to find something that fitted him perfectly.

Fai never got what he wanted for his birthday. Ever since he was young, he'd only wanted to be noticed, for someone to recognise his existence. But Ashura had only seen what he'd wanted to see, and Fai had learned to stop trying. Even Syaoran and Sakura were unable to see behind his mask, and treated him only as the person that he showed them. They missed the hints he gave.

Kurogane didn't believe in a peaceful existence.

Fai didn't believe in happy endings.

Neither of them had ever truly enjoyed their birthdays.

Until the day that Fai forgot to find a present for Kurogane, and, feeling slightly tipsy from the sake, launched himself at the stoic ninja to give him an extremely passionate kiss.

Of course, it was only fair that Kurogane returned the favour a few weeks later.

Author's Note

Well, here's the next one! I ended up writing it the other day, when I was thinking of a certain event coming up on the 4th...my birthday! So this was kinda like a reverse present for you guys...enjoy! Please read and review!

Meowzy-chan - Umm...you're scaring me now...you predicted the depressing ficlet with the fluffy ending! Are you human? And yup, good news for Fai!

Toshi.is.dead - Thanks for the compliment! And yup, I really think that those two would be better as brother and sister...in fact, they are in several of my RPs and fics!

Ueste - Thanks a lot for your feedback! It really helps me keep going! The next few should also be longer, so hopefully I won't leave out too much!

Black Water-Fox - Thanks for your comments! Hope you liked this one!

Yurikitsune - Original? (squeals happily) That's one of the best comments I can get - I'm always afraid of duplicating someone's idea, especially as everyone has so many theories about Fai/Kurogane's pasts and their future! And I'm glad you liked that last one...like you said, most people either like Kuro/Tomo or KuroFai, so I wanted to include both in this...personally, Kuro/Tomo makes me shudder,but if it was a love born out of admiration and/or respect, then I wouldn't be so unnerved by the age gap...which is what I wanted to put across.